Im learning how to speak Japanese!

Japanese translation: 日本語の勉強をしています

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The sentence you gave literally means the second one. ¥"hanashi-kata¥" corresponds to ¥"how to speak¥". But, contextually, the person ¥"I¥" is not actually learning the pronunciation of Japanese, but learning Japanese language itself. So, the first rendition sounds more natural.

The first person pronoun is omitted in the translation, since it is contexually understood, and such understood pronouns often drop in Japanese.

Also, if you want some emphatic meaning which is expressed by the exclamation point, you may change ¥"imasu¥" to ¥"irunda¥", like ¥"benkyoo o shite irunda¥" or ¥"naratte irunda¥". But, this is a highly colloquial expression.

The sentence you gave literally means the second one. ¥"hanashi-kata¥" corresponds to ¥"how to speak¥". But, contextually, the person ¥"I¥" is not actually learning the pronunciation of Japanese, but learning Japanese language itself. So, the first rendition sounds more natural.

The first person pronoun is omitted in the translation, since it is contexually understood, and such understood pronouns often drop in Japanese.

Also, if you want some emphatic meaning which is expressed by the exclamation point, you may change ¥"imasu¥" to ¥"irunda¥", like ¥"benkyoo o shite irunda¥" or ¥"naratte irunda¥". But, this is a highly colloquial expression.

Explanation:（私は）日本語会話を習っています。(Watashi wa)Nihongo kaiwa o naratte imasu. It literally means I'm learning Japanese conversation. The part in parenthesis, subject, can be omitted.

"am learning" can also be expressed as benkyoo shite imasu or manande imasu.

Another possibility is you are telling your friend how excited you are about the fact you are learning to speak Japanese. In that sense, you could say, 日本語会話を勉強しているんですよ(Nihongo kaiwa o benkyoo shite irundesu yo.) or 日本語会話を習っているのよ(Nihongo kaiwa o naratte irunoyo). The latter is used only by women, though.

And if you mean you are excited that you are actually beginning to speak some Japanese, 日本語が少し話せるようになりました(Nihongo ga sukoshi hanaseru yoo ni narimashita) would be the translation.